# US 12,016,140 B2 · Electric device with housing and cover > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,016,140 B2 - Document ID: US12016140B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/120,728 - Filed: 2020-12-14 - Published: 2021-06-24 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-19 - Assignees: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH - Applicants: Valeo Siemens Eautomotive Germany GmbH - Inventors: Christof Bothor; Frank Roeder; Christoph Hoyler; Markus Reymann; Michael Tilp - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12016140B2 ## CPC - H05K 7/14322: {wherein the control and power circuits of a power converter are arranged within the same casing} - H05K 5/0208: {Interlock mechanisms; Means for avoiding unauthorised use or function, e.g. tamperproof} - H05K 5/06: Hermetically-sealed casings {(specially adapted for small components H05K5/0095)} - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract An electrical device includes a housing including a receiving space in which electrical components of the device are arranged, a cover device including a first cover element and a second cover element, and a sensor unit including a magnetic element and a magnetic sensor, which is configured to provide a detection signal when the magnetic element is detected to be absent. The first cover element has a cut-out, and the second cover element is arranged such that the second cover element, in a first position, covers the cut-out and, in a second position, allows access to the cut-out. The cover device is arranged such that the cover device, in a first position, closes the receiving space when the second cover element is in the first position, and in a second position, allows access to the first sub-receiving space and the second sub-receiving space. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrical device, comprising: a housing including a receiving space in which electrical components of the electrical device are arranged, the receiving space having a first sub-receiving space and a second sub-receiving space; a cover device comprising a first cover element having a cut-out therein, and a second cover element, wherein the second cover element is arranged with respect to the first cover element in such a way that the second cover element, in a first position, covers the cut-out and, in a second position, allows access to the cut-out, wherein the cover device is arranged with respect to the housing in such a way that the cover device, in a first position, closes the receiving space when the second cover element is in the first position, and allows access to the first sub-receiving space of the receiving space through the cut-out and closes the second sub-receiving space of the receiving space when the second cover element is in the second position, and that the cover device, in a second position, allows access to the first sub-receiving space and the second sub-receiving space; and a sensor unit comprising a magnetic element and a magnetic sensor, which is configured to provide a detection signal when the magnetic element is detected to be absent, wherein the sensor unit is arranged and designed to detect an absence of the magnetic element in the second position of the second cover element and in the second position of the cover device, wherein a fuse is arranged in the first sub-receiving space. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrical device according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic element is arranged to be covered by the second cover element. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electrical device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor unit is designed in such a way that a field strength of a magnetic field of the magnetic element pervading the first cover element is detectable, in the first position of the second cover element, as a presence of the magnetic element, by means of the magnetic sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electrical device according to claim 1, wherein the first cover element has a depression which points toward the receiving space and in which the magnetic element is located in the first position of the second cover element. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electrical device according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic sensor is arranged in the second sub-receiving space. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electrical device according to claim 1, further comprising: a sealing element which is designed to seal the housing with respect to the first cover element and cannot be transferred without destruction from the first position into the second position of the cover device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electrical device according to claim 1, further comprising: a sealing element which is designed to seal the first cover element with respect to the second cover element and can be transferred without destruction from the first position into the second position of the second cover element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electrical device according to claim 7, wherein the magnetic element and the magnetic sensor are arranged outside a sealing region of the sealing element. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electrical device according to claim 1, further comprising: an interlock circuit, which is configured to de-energize the electrical components as a function of the detection signal or detection signals. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electrical device according to claim 9, wherein the interlock circuit comprises a line monitoring unit for a line carrying a supply voltage of the sensor unit and is configured to de-energize the electrical components as a function of a monitoring signal of the line monitoring unit which indicates an interruption in the supply voltage. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electrical device according to claim 1, which is designed as an inverter. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A system, comprising an electrical machine and the electrical device according to claim 11, wherein the inverter is configured to provide a single-phase or polyphase alternating current for the electrical machine. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) A vehicle comprising the electrical device according to the system according to claim 12. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A vehicle comprising the electrical device according to claim 1.